In this role, you'll be at the forefront of our global Software Development Team, driving the design, development, and maintenance of our state-of-the-art Outsourcing GB Technology application. You'll tackle complex development projects, ensuring high-quality outcomes that set industry standards.
The Role
Key Responsibilities:
- Build and maintain responsive, accessible, and performant web interfaces using React.
- Performs coding, debugging, testing and troubleshooting for moderately complex issues
- Maintains and enhances systems by fixing complicated errors, raising risks and escalating issues where necessary
- Designs high-quality solutions in accordance with timelines and specifications to meet user requirements.
- Collaborate with the design team and solution architects to translate mockups and prototypes into functional user interfaces.
- Work closely with backend developers to integrate APIs and ensure seamless functionality
- Perform thorough testing of UI components, including functional and visual tests.
- Ensures all activities adhere to the relevant processes, procedures, standards and technical design.
- Proactively identifies and leads the implementation of continuous improvement items with the support of the Team Lead and Manager.
- Provides feedback and assists with either formal training or mentoring to junior team members to assist their development.
- Adheres to the Outsourcing GB coding standards, the Outsourcing GB operational framework and WTW Excellence guidelines.
- Acts as a buddy to new starters, and quality checks more junior team members’ work.
- Works closely with QA, Product/Business Analysts, and other Software Engineering functions to ensure high quality on-time delivery
- Contribute to driving effective Agile Scrum practices to meet/exceed software engineering goals. Embrace and contribute to the team's Agile philosophy
- Demonstrate learning adaptability, understanding of the implications of technical issues on business requirements and / or operations.
- Strong interest to expand technology stack
Excellence
- Design and code solutions based on team input using specified programming languages, tools, and techniques
- Deliver unit-tested systems in a timely fashion that meet requirements.
- Work with team to define detailed solutions for specific requirements.
- Provide analysis for technical solutions based on requirements.
- Provide consultative services on technical issues to clients and internal project teams.
- Participate in development of system test plans.
- Troubleshoot technical issues.
- Keep abreast of latest developments regarding effective procedures, methods, and tools in software development and testing.
People
- Work closely with team members in a partnership to deliver the best results to the client.
- Demonstrate natural ease and effectiveness when dealing with individuals at all levels
- Assist team members in whatever way necessary to reach successful completion of the tasks at hand
Clients
- Communicate effectively with product owner and project teams to ensure solutions are complete and clearly communicated to the end users and stakeholders.
- Be available and responsive to system issues.
- Improve team performance by managing the identification and documentation of project scope changes.
Financial
- Work with the team to monitor progress against all sprint deliverables and development daily plans to complete the work.
- Manage expectations and set personal capacity to the team.
The Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in front-end development, with a strong focus on React.js and modern Javascript.
- Expertise in React component design, state management (React Content, Redux, or equivalent), React Hooks.
- Experience in TypeScript and build tools (yarn, webpack or similar).
- Strong understanding of RESTful API integration and asynchronous programming
- Experience with version control such as Git and CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience on performance optimization, responsive design principles and cross-browser compatibility
- Hands-on experience in writing unit tests using frameworks like Jest, or similar
- Experience working with frameworks such as Next.js and server-side rendering
- Degree (Associates or Bachelors) in computer science, management information systems or related area
- Experience with Agile methodologies including Scrum framework and Kanban preferred
- Willingness to work in a fast-paced collaborative team environment that has tight deadlines.
- Ability to learn and evaluate new tools, concepts, and challenges quickly.
- Customer service focus and flexibility in supporting customer requests.
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
- Commitment to quality and continuous improvement.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Be available, at times, to work extended work hours.
- Background in benefits administration a plus.
- Familiarity with/using containers in Docker a plus.
Technical competencies
Subject Matter Expertise
- Developing expertise
- You seek opportunities to build your subject matter knowledge, skills and understanding of emerging technologies and industry practices in your area. You share your knowledge with team members.
- Applying expertise
- You apply your subject matter knowledge and skills to develop and improve routine and non-routine solutions
Solution Development
- Systems thinking
- You work across teams to develop solutions.
- You look at the bigger picture to identify links between domains, systems, people and processes.
- Focusing on quality
- You mentor others and take ownership and accountability for the quality of your own and team’s solutions.
Technical Communication
- Simplifying complexity
- You apply subject matter knowledge to answer technical questions clearly and concisely, limiting jargon.
- You consider the needs and comprehension level of different stakeholders to determine the most appropriate content and style.
- Influencing stakeholders
WTW is an Equal Opportunity Employer